Anonymous ID: 441ad5 Sept. 26, 2024, 5:36 a.m. No.21660389   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0470 >>0546 >>0775 >>1087 >>1357

https://www.rt.com/news/604692-china-icbm-test-launch/

 

China launches ICBM into Pacific

Beijing has said the “routine” test, the first of its kind since 1980, was not directed against any country

 

The Chinese military has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, calling it part of regular training, although the exercise appears to be the first of its kind over the Pacific Ocean in more than 40 years.

 

According to officials, the ICBM, equipped with a dummy warhead, was launched from an undisclosed location at 8:44am Beijing time on Wednesday, and splashed down in a designated area in international waters.

 

The test was part of a “routine arrangement in our annual training plan,” the Defense Ministry said.

 

Analysts have said the ICBM was likely a Dong Feng-41 with an operational range of 15,000 kilometers, or its predecessor, the Dong Feng-31.

 

China regularly tests short- and mid-range rockets within its territory and over the western Pacific as part of its ballistic missile program, but a test far into international waters is unusual. The last similar launch was believed to be in 1980 when China sent its first ICBM, the Dong Feng-5, into the Pacific Ocean.

 

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2627082#msg2627082

 

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